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Gynogenesis in the vine cacti Hylocereus and Selenicereus (Cactaceae)

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Gynogenesis was investigated on the allotetraploid Selenicereus megalanthus and the diploid Hylocereus polyrhizus and Hylocereus undatus vine cactus species. Unpollinated ovules from developing flower buds containing microspores at middle uninucleate developmental stage were cultured on MS basal medium containing 2,4-D/TDZ with different sucrose concentrations. Ovule size increased under dark culture conditions in all the three species and the level of response was species and sucrose concentration dependent. The best responses were achieved in the two S. megalanthus accessions, E-123 and J-80, at 0.18 and 0.26 M sucrose. Only ovule enlargement was obtained in H. undatus and both ovule enlargement and callus were obtained in H. polyrhizus. Development in both species ceased and embryoids were not formed. Plant regeneration was directly and indirectly obtained in both S. megalanthus accessions. Ploidy level was determined for a total of 29 S. megalanthus gynogenic plants using flow cytometry: 15 were found to be dihaploid (plants with the gametophytic chromosome number) and the other 14 were found to have higher ploidy levels. This is the first report of successful gynogenesis in Cactaceae. The dihaploids of S. megalanthus successfully produced by ovule culture techniques opens new perspectives in vine cacti breeding.

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Abbreviations

2,4-D:

2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid

MS:

Murashige and Skoog

TDZ:

Thidiazuron (N-phenyl-N′-1,2,3-thiadiazol-5-ylurea)

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The authors are grateful to Mr. J. Mouyal for his valuable assistance in the course of this study.

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  1. A. Katz Department of Dryland Biotechnologies, J. Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), 84990, Sede-Boqer Campus, Israel

    Reinerio Benega Garcia, Aroldo Cisneros, Bert Schneider & Noemi Tel-Zur

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Benega Garcia, R., Cisneros, A., Schneider, B. et al. Gynogenesis in the vine cacti Hylocereus and Selenicereus (Cactaceae). Plant Cell Rep 28, 719–726 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-009-0687-1

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